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As the Zimbabwe community radios sector takes off, UNESCO has pledged to support the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and its partners to establish community radios (CRs) in remote areas. UNESCO has secured equipment for one model community radio to kick-start the growth of the sector.
The model community radio will be set up in disaster prone areas in Manicaland particularly areas hit by Cyclone Idai with funding from the World Bank Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP). In addition to procuring equipment, UNESCO will provide technical support and capacity building trainings to support community radio practitioners.
To date, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has licensed six CRsNtepe-Manama Community Radio Trust, Mbembesi Development Trust and Nyangani Community Radio Trust, Shashe Community Radio Broadcasting Association, Avuxeni FM, and Lyeja-Nyayi Development Trust. BAZ has also awarded six academic institutions compass broadc
Fresh TV, radio licences on way… as Mutsvangwa fights to open Zim airwaves more thezimbabwemail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thezimbabwemail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Costa Nkomo
THE Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) Friday applauded government for granting three community radios with licences to broadcast for the first time in post-independence Zimbabwe.
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board chairperson Charles Sibanda announced Thursday, permission to broadcast had been granted to The Mbembesi Development Trust, Ntepe Manama Community Radio Trust and Nyangani Community Radio Trust.
“The authority has completed the processing of the application for those areas with no competition namely, Manama, Mbembesi and Nyanga and wishes to advise that the three applicants have been awarded community radio services licences,” Sibanda said.